Mackayla
Mackayla was the 10580th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 2076th with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,312 places. More babies were named Mackayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Makayla) variant of Michaela · Hebrew, American English
- Rank in 2025
- #10,580 girls, down 2,345 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199871 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,306babies recorded
What does the name Mackayla mean?
Mackayla is a spelling of Makayla, pronounced the same way, so it shares Makayla's meaning and origin.
Makayla is a modern American spelling of Michaela, according to Wiktionary, shaped by the sound of names such as Kayla. Michaela is the Latinate feminine of Michael, which DMNES derives from Hebrew Mikha'el, "who is like God?". Makayla appears in US records from the 1970s and was most popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
מִיכָאֵל (Biblical Hebrew, “who is like God?”)
How sure is this? Probable. A respelling of Michaela; its meaning is Michael's.
Related names: Michaela, Mikayla, Kayla, Michael.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Makayla', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Michaela', DMNES, Durham University
- Wiktionary, entry 'Michaela', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
Mackayla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,580 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,235 | 13 |
| 2010 | #2,686 | 67 |
| 2000 | #2,226 | 71 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mackayla, counting every spelling?
Mackayla is a spelling of Makayla, a name family that ranked #526 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #10,580 for Mackayla on its own. Together these spellings went to 578 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makayla | 530 | #568 | 3,452 |
| Makaylah | 14 | #7,735 | 110 |
| Makaila | 12 | #8,666 | 93 |
| Makaela | 13 | #8,162 | 81 |
| Mackayla | 9 | #10,580 | 55 |
| Macayla | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mackayla?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mackayla (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mackayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mackayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mackayla?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Mackayla are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 14 and 26. That makes Mackayla mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mackayla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mackayla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mackayla
What does Mackayla mean?
Mackayla is a spelling of Makayla, which means “variant of Michaela” (Hebrew, American English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Mackayla?
Mackayla was the 10580th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 2076th with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,312 places. More babies were named Mackayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Mackayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mackayla in the US.